Formula 1 in Texas

  The world's premiere racing series came to Austin for the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix at the Circuit Of The Americas in Austin, Texas. Sebastian Vettel has already clinched the 2013 Drivers Championship in the blazingly fast Infiniti Red Bull he has taken to the past three titles. He kept the parade going with the fastest times in Friday's practice session. Just have to see if he can do the same in the race on Sunday.

The Mercedes cars head to the track

Heikki Kovalainen driving a Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel in his conquering Red Bull

Bright Texas sun

Jean-Eric Vergne heads thru the esses

Rookie Debut

   Always loved the sound of screaming race engines, the smell of high octane fuel blowing from hot exhaust pipes, but the site of a guy loaded with testosterone yanking a 200 pound, 200 mph beast around underneath him while he drags body parts all over an asphalt track makes dreams float thru my head. Dreams of flying myself, until the creak in the bones and joints keeps me from tying my shoes as I get up and I realize fast motorcycles are a young mans game.

  So the youngest of them all, Marc Marquez wins his first top tier race on a brand new track. Ripping apart the gorgeous Circuit Of The Americas in Austin, Texas at the tender age of 20 to be the youngest rider to accomplish the feat. Ousting the "fast" Freddie Spencer from the youngest spot by a couple of months. A toast to the kid for one heck of an accomplishment, or at least I'll drink to him since he can't have one himself just quite yet. 

Turn one comes at the top of the biggest rise of any track

The former king Valentino Rossi struggled on this day

The new bull has arrived

Rookie Marc Marquez 

Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez celebrate

The view from the top of Red Bull Tower

MotoGP in Texas

   In the rolling hills east of Austin, Texas they were riding some very different horses. This weekend at the Circuit Of The Americas the rides are made of aluminum and carbon fibre, sport more horse power than any real cowboy would ever need and top end at over 200 mph. The Moto GP circus comes to town and showed the state what riders can do on two wheels. Fast, colorful and oh so european all at a cream of the crop facility in the heart of Texas.

Red Bull Tower view

Marc Marquez scuffs his leathers and still gets the pole

Valentino Rossi the "Doctor" running hot